1918-1945 1954-1989







Paraguay 1945-1954



Between 1940 and 1948, Paraguay saw a stable government under President Higinio Morigino. The country recovered economically, it's infrastructure was improved. Paraguay is bilingual, Spanish and Guarani being the official languages.
The country became a founding member of the United Nations.
In 1948, Morigino's dictatorship was overthrown. Morigino's Colorado Party dominated, the Liberals having been a tolerated and controlled opposition.

"This landlocked shoebox of a country has the most resonantly martial history in South America, a passionate patriotism, no TV, no stock exchange, and no income tax. Paraguay is one of the least-known nations in the world, far off the beaten track, derelict and remote." .. John Gunther, 1964





EXTERNAL
FILES 		Articles History of Paraguay, from Wikipedia
Paraguay, in : Kenneth Janda, Political Parties : A Cross-National Survey
DOCUMENTS Paraguayan Statesmen : from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon)
Historical Population Statistics : Paraguay, from Population Statistics (J. Lahmeyer)
REFERENCE Links to books on Paraguayan history etc. from Latino World
Article : Paraguay, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1946 pp.560-561, 1947 pp.580-581, 1948 pp.570-571, 1949 p.507, 1950 pp.533-534, 1951 pp.542-543, 1952 pp.546-547, 1953 pp.550-551, 1954 pp.550-551 [G]
Article : Paraguay, in : Americana Annual 1947 pp.539-541 [G]



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